In order to get the most precise information about the visa, go to https://france-visas.gouv.fr . You will be able to proceed a request directly from this platform.

As a student coming to Centrale Marseille in the frame of an inter-institutional agreement, you will be delivered a “Visa Long Séjour valant Titre de Séjour – Mention Etudiant”(VLSTS - students). This document as a duration of one year.

This VLS-TS – student enables you to travel all around the Schengen (and once validated, all around the wold), to work for 20 hours a week, to get the accommodation allowance “CAF”.

We also recommend to use www.HousingAnywhere.com, a peer-to-peer platform where our outgoing students can rent out their rooms to incoming students. We warn you that it might be difficult to find an affordable accommodation last minute; therefore we encourage you to use this safe platform to book your room before your arrival. As an exchange student your search for housing possibilities in Marseille on this website is for free, just in case of a concrete booking of a room or a flat an administrative charge has to be paid. http://go.housinganywhere.com/3cD

Your arrival in Marseille

By PlaneMARSEILLE-PROVENCE (Tel. : 04 42 14 14 14)To get from the Marseille-Provence airport (Marignane) to the city center, you can take a taxi or a shuttle. The price for the taxi is around € 43. The shuttle arrives at the main Marseille railway station (St. Charles) and runs everyday from 6 a.m. to 10.50 p.m. (every 20 minutes). The duration of the trip is 30 minutes, and the fare 8.50 €.http://www.marseille.aeroport.fr/

By Train You will arrive at Saint-Charles station, which is in the city center. You can take the bus, underground (métro) or taxi from the station.http://www.voyages-sncf.com/